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18 Aug 2017 1:12:03pm

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Rereading 'Deerhunting with Jesus - dispatches from the American South' by Joe Bageant, the chapter on gun culture. Gives a different perspective, of an obviously more violent society.Some facts presented:When the Handgun Control Inc (HCI) states 'everyday we lose 13 children to gun violence' they do not add [Bageant writes] 90% of those children are gang [members] aged 15-19.From Gary Kleck (whose conclusions are utilised by US Govt Accounting Office): every year about 2 1/2 million Americans successfully protect themselves from crime with guns, most never needing to fire the gun or only firing into the air. Accidental shootings by civilians around 1%, by police 11%.In states where concealed weapon laws have been passed [ie OK to carry one] attacks on women esp poor urban women have declined.Not saying I approve of guns, but it shows a different picture.

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